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FACEBOOK, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. A144315.

240 Cal.App.4th 203 (2015)

192 Cal. Rptr. 3d 443

FACEBOOK, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; DERRICK D. HUNTER et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

September 8, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perkins Coie, James G. Snell and Sunita Bali for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Jose Pericles Umali for Real Party in Interest Derrick D. Hunter.

Susan Kaplan and Janelle E. Caywood for Real Party in Interest Lee Sullivan.

Jeff Adachi , Public Defender (San Francisco), Matt Gonzalez , Chief Attorney, and Dorothy Bischoff , Deputy Public Defender, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent and Real Parties in Interest.

Stephen P. Lipson , Public Defender (Ventura), and Michael C. McMahon , Chief Deputy Public Defender, for California Public Defenders Association and Public Defender of Ventura County as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

Donald E. Landis, Jr. , Assistant Public Defender (Monterey); Law Offices of J.T. Philipsborn and John T. Philipsborn for California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

Use of social media, in its myriad of forms, has become ubiquitous in our society. Petitioners Facebook, Inc. (Facebook), Instagram, LLC (Instagram), and Twitter, Inc. (Twitter), each provide digital platforms on which users may post communications, commentary, photographs, video clips, or other items the...

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